Category Archives: Love

Are humans “as easily manipulated as dogs” using behavior modification techniques? Attention, frustrated wives: if you want your husband to start listening to you and stop leaving his socks on the floor, all you need is a little patience and a lot of mackerel. Such is the putative relationship advice of Amy Sutherland, a journalist… Read More »

How are you doing in the LOVE department? Are you IN love? Breaking up? Sad and lonely? Angry at the world? Have you never been in love? Not sure? Here’s a bit of love science in case you might need it. Love is a mechanism nature uses to ensure that we reproduce and that our… Read More »

Some say the secret to a happy marriage is compromise, or to never go to bed on an argument. But American psychologists now declared that the key to wedded bliss may actually be in our DNA. They believe a gene involved in the regulation of the “happy hormone” serotonin can predict how much our emotions… Read More »

A cancer diagnosis can be tough to go through alone – and now a new study suggests not having a spouse may even decrease survival odds. “Our data suggests that marriage can have a significant health impact for patients with cancer, and this was consistent among every cancer that we reviewed,” study co-author Dr. Ayal… Read More »

A team of researchers at Florida State University has found an epigenetic factor involved in voles’ lifelong pair bonding. In their paper published in the journal Nature Neuroscience , the researchers describe how they found the act of mating – along with time spent alone – led to permanent brain changes in the voles involved… Read More »

An 18-year-old girl was arrested for statutory rape over a same-sex relationship in Florida because of bigoted parents, according to the mother of the arrested teen. Kaitlyn Ashley Hunt was arrested February 16 by the Indian River County Sheriff's Office on two counts of lewd or lascivious battery on child. Her mother, Kelley Hunt Smith,… Read More »

February is Cupid’s month, and what better time to explore some of the findings about love, sex and romance that neuroscience and psychology have uncovered over the last few years. Einstein was correct – science will never clinically sterilize the wonderment of love (first or otherwise). But I think he’d also agree that it’s a… Read More »

I’ve decided to try something new this Christmas for my family gift giving. Excluding the young kids and those too old to shop, I’m trying the reverse Christmas. Here’s how it works: Pre-Christmas you and each member of the family participating agree to have a reverse Christmas. You buy yourself what you want to get… Read More »

A couple in South Carolina has been desperately seeking an organ donor. They haven’t found one yet. But they did find something else: a whole lot of friends they never knew they had, as we learned “On the Road.” Larry Swilling and his wife Jimmie Sue have been happily married 56 years. So happily, in… Read More »

I proposed and she said “yes” on a beach in Maui about 5 months ago. Our first crazy adventure together as an engaged couple was my losing the rental car key on the beach. A replacement key was only an extra $150, but my going back and searching the beach, the road, our clothes and… Read More »

Men like to know when their wife or girlfriend is happy while women really want the man in their life to know when they are upset, according to a new study published by the American Psychological Association. The study involved a diverse sample of couples and found that men’s and women’s perceptions of their significant… Read More »

A new study of sexually active older women has found that sexual satisfaction in women increases with age and those not engaging in sex are satisfied with their sex lives. A majority of study participants report frequent arousal and orgasm that continue into old age, despite low sexual desire. The study appears in the January… Read More »

… Strangers can “see” a persons trustworthy genes through their behaviors, suggests a new study finding that a single genetic change makes a person seem more compassionate and kind to others. The gene in question is the “love hormone,” or oxytocin, receptor. A single change in the receptor can result in higher or lower empathy,… Read More »

Someone named Calleman fudged the Mayan calendar and came up with today as the date. The idea spread and many people who are more interested in spiritual growth than archaeology now believe it. “… Callemanâ€™s own made up period which he calls uaxlahunkin (13 x 18 days). This period does not exist in the real… Read More »

For one Iowa couple, true love lasted until the very end. Married 72 years, Norma, 90, and Gordon Yeager, 94, died in the hospital holding hands last week, one hour apart. The couple was hospitalized after a car accident just outside of Marshalltown, Iowa. They were given a shared room in the ICU where they… Read More »

I woke up today and realized my intentions for my vacation have been largely selfish. I have focused on pleasure seeking, putting myself in some beautiful place, making love on a beach, eating expensive seafood and sitting in a jacuzzi … the rewards such as I see them, for hard work. I have worked non-stop… Read More »

Author: Mack Rawden – Tea Leoni and David Duchovny have separated for a second time. Their nearly fifteen year marriage famously suffered quite a setback in 2008 when the former X-Files star checked himself into sex rehab, but since he returned, there’s been surprisingly few tabloid headlines or embarrassing public spats. You never know what’s… Read More »

He was clearly born with a significant amount of sporting prowess but was Tiger Woods also born to be unfaithful to his wife? The inclination towards infidelity could be in your genes, a study suggests. Researchers examining female zebra finches believe they cheat on their mates due to variations in DNA handed down by male… Read More »